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Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.
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Civil War Onset, Natural Resource Rents and Social Cohesion
This paper examines the nexus between civil war onset, natural resource rents, and social cohesion.... Read More
MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: June 2020
Sovereign wealth funds and cross-border investment bias: the case of Arab countries Ibrahim Elbadawi, Raimundo... Read More
Access to Services among Youth in Informal Areas of Greater Cairo: Making Progress Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In a nutshell: The Egyptian government aims to improve basic infrastructure and services throughout the... Read More
Covid-19 and Oil Price Collapse: Coping with a Dual Shock in the Gulf Cooperation Council
In a nutshell: Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) face a dual shock—from both... Read More
Countermeasures for the COVID-19 outbreak in Egypt: This Time is Really Different
In a nutshell: Egypt’s ability to sustain the outcomes of recent reforms to the economy... Read More
Patterns of Regional Income Inequality in Egypt: Implications for Sustainable Development Goal 10
Income distribution is seen as instrumental to human development and to a number of development... Read More
Does Health Reform Reduce Inequalities? Primary Healthcare of Young Children in Turkey
Health service utilization in early childhood is crucial. It is often observed that children from... Read More
Prospects for Egypt’s Population and Labor Force: 2000 to 2050
I argue in this paper that although recent developments had temporarily reduced demographic pressures on... Read More
De-Routinization of Jobs and Polarization of Earnings: Evidence from 35 Countries
The job polarization hypothesis suggests a U-shaped pattern of employment growth along the earnings/skill distribution,... Read More